The UN General Assembly on Friday adopted Armenia’s resolution designating December 9 “International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime”.
The resolution had over 80 cosponsoring countries, including the U.S, Asbarez reported.
“We were pleased to see Ambassador Samantha Power voice support for this Armenia-lead initiative in the United Nations to mobilize the international community and global public opinion in support of the noble – but still unrealized – aims of the Genocide Convention,” said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian.
“Unfortunately, despite this vote, the Obama Administration remains actively complicit in Turkey’s ongoing denial of truth and obstruction of justice for the Armenian genocide – a shameful outsourcing of American policy that stands starkly at odds with both the spirit and the letter of this measure.”